For some reason chicken houses keep catching on fire. The latest one that I've found out about incinerated 83,000 of the animals in Versailles, Ohio. (Source: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/05/17/ohio-barn-fire-kills-83000-chickens.html?sid=101)
The good news is that in addition to Hellmann's mayo going cage free soon, McDonald's has decided to purchase 1 million cage-free eggs per month. (Source: http://vegan.com/blog/2011/05/19/mcdonalds-commits-to-one-million-cage-free-eggs-per-month)
According to prominent vegan activist Erik Marcus, "Cage-free isn’t cruelty free, but if you’ve ever seen a battery cage you know this is a huge deal."
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
E6 Cattle Undercover Investigation Yields Partnership with The Gentle Barn
A new video from Mercy for Animals tells of a collaboration between those involved in the ongoing undercover investigation of E6 Cattle in Texas with The Gentle Barn, an animal sanctuary that works with children who have been the victims of trauma. What a positive story!
Another Major Fire Claims 11,000 Chickens' Lives
Erik Markus' Vegan.com blog has written about about yet another disaster at a large-scale chicken coop in Arkansas. This one, a fire, claimed 11,000 lives. Questions that come to my mind when these disasters happen: What do they do with the dead birds? Does insurance cover the losses? How much carbon is released into the atmosphere when one of these disasters happen? Does anyone care?
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